City of Hastings v. Gillitt
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action of ejectment in the district court for Dakota county to recover possession of a portion of a public street occupied by defendant. The case was.tried before Crosby, J., who found in favor of defendant. From a “judgment entered pursuant to the findings, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Appeal from a judgment of the district court of Dakota county. The facts are short. The action was brought by the city of Hastings to eject defendant from a- portion of one of the public streets *332of that city, which, it is alleged in the complaint, defendant wrongfully and unlawfully holds. The court below found as facts that some time prior to the year 1874 the street in question duly became a public street of the city of Hastings, and that at about that time defendant inclosed the portion thereof now in' controversy with a fence, and has cultivated and improved the same, and has continuously…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- City of St. Paul v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- Village of Wayzata v. Great Northern Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
- Village of Glencoe v. WadsworthSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
3Cited by4 opinions
- Murtaugh v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
- State ex rel. Anderson v. District CourtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1912
- Hirleman v. NickelsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1934
- Haramon v. KrauseSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1904